The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-25

fl The schooner Contest sailed from thi:
r port on Wednesday She is the frs
] vessel to sail from this harbor this spring
!. She is managed by Robert Symmonds
captain; Chas. Gregory, mate ]. c.
Haywood, cook: Geo. Hartnell and
Michael Stacey, before the mast. She
was loaded with so tons Of hay from ].
FL. Summons, 5 tons of feed by the cap
tain, and 200 bushels of oats, bound for
Bailey's Harbor.
In 1885 Kenosha county was credited
with taxable property assessed at a.
15l 1856. The county paid as taxes on
the above $11, 280.1 10 for state education
al purposes. 81 ,023.2 6 for the Northern
hospital for the insane, $17.14 for the
industrial school for boys, $3.50. 20 for
the care of chronic insane, making 3
total state tax of $13, 28070. The prob
able actual value of all property in the
county is not far from $11 100000.
| Mrs. Mary Knight, wife of Mr.. Joseph
Knight, Of Chicago, and eldest daughter
of Mr.. John Rategan, of Pleasant Prairie,
died at her home in Chicago, March 16,
aged AZ years, of consumption of the
bowels. Mrs. Knight was well known
in Kenosha and vicinity. Her sickness
| was of very short duration, being con-
fined to her bed only a little more than
one day. Her remains were brought
here for interment on Friday. Her
husband and parents have the sympathy
of their friends in their bereavement.
Colonel Fisher, mastering officer of
the Grand Army of the Republic, is ex-
pected here this friday evening, March
%, to muster in the charter members of |
Fred. S. Lowell Post. The meeting will |
be held in A. O. Ell. Hall, and all ex.
soldiers in Kenosha and vicinity are
earnestly invited to be present and join |
the Post. A preliminary meeting was
held Wednesday evening. to perfect ar
rangements for the "muster roll call''
and the interesting ceremonies of organ
izing the Post.
SEND FOR THE SEED CArALoGUEs.-l
Many of our leading seedsmen publish
Catalogues, which they send free to all
who wish them. They contain much
valuable information. One of the best |
is the Illustrated Catalogue of the Joseph
Harris Seed Company, Rochester, N. Y.
They write us that they will be glad to
send it to every reader of this paper
who will send them their name and ad-
dress on postal card. Send at once and
see what they have to offer. We know
their seeds to be good, and they sell
them at unusually low prices.
A meeting of the Fred. S. Lowell Post.
6. A. R., was held in A. o. II. Hall On
Wednesday evening, March %, for the
election of officers, and at which meeting
the following were elected Post Conn
mander, Geo. Hale Senior Vice Post
Commander, L. N. De Diemar Junior
Vice Post Commander. w. T. Wilder
Quartermaster, A. A. Carter Surgeon, |!
Alfred Miller; Officer of the Day, c. II.
Blood Officer of the Guard, VIM.
Burt Chaplain, A. G. Warmer; Ad-
jutant, G. G. Limpert.
In view of the present lively interest in
Russia, the readers of the April number
of HARpER's MAGAZINE will enjoy the at
!ractive article by Ralph Meeker, entitled
Through the Caucasus" Mr.. Meeker
sketches visit made to the most unfa-
miliar province in that anomalous realm
during the excitement of the late war
between Russia and Turkey. He claims
that "no country having railways and
telegraphs is SO little known as Russia.
Every type of civilization and every
grade of barbarism are found within its
boundaries" The illustrationsare by
the authors fellow-traveler, F. D. Millet,
and are capitally done. The conclusion
of the article will appear in the May
The blacksmith shop of Mr.. Chas.
Krebs and Mr.. A. A. Carriers wagon shop
were broken into Friday night of last
week and few articles stolen. A shot
gun, a rifle and buggy whiff1etree were
taken from Mr.. Kreb's shop. The shot
gun was found on the street g. short dis
lance east of the shop, and the whiff1e.
tree was found hidden behind box in
the alley at the rear of Lentz & Funck's
store. The rifle is gone. Entrance was
effected by prying open front window.
Mr.. Carter lost three chisels, the thief
breaking pane Of glass and taking
those in reach. Mr.. Krebs loss is about
So and Mr.. Carriers So.